The first trial of 2012 was a fantastic day
out.It was a beautiful sunny
spring day and the 8 women who went fishing managed to catch a total of 44 fish
despite the cold wind.

It was a pleasure to welcome Niamh Breen as the
latest women to join the ILFA.Niamh was out with Susan and managed to catch 2 fish on her first outing
including one of 51 cms.Well-done
Niamh.

It was a great day as you can see from the results
sheet - we also did a "Spots and Stripes" Cadburys event - the
Stripes won despite Julie being on the Spots team

1st Julie
Gerry16
fish

2nd Linda
Straghan9
fish

3rd Mary
Murphy7
fish

The fish were really strong and fought extremely
hard, many were overwintered and of 3lbs weight and more which made the fishing
very exciting.

We had loads of great home made cakes to eat
afterwards all supplied by Jenny's mum.A very big thank you to her for making them, they were delicious and
very welcome after a hard days fishing.To end a great day out we then retired to the pub in Castlepollard for
hot food and cups of tea and a good chat.

Many thanks to Tom Fagan and Lough Lene Anglers for
letting us fish their beautiful lake again; we always have a great day out on
this very special lake.Thanks
also to all the boatmen for their expert advice and help during the day.

We would like to take this opportunity of saying a massive thank you to Darren Wallace and Woodford Fishery for sponsoring and hosting this event and also providing us with the lovely home made lentil soup, crusty bread and endless cups of tea. Not forgetting all of our other sponsors, Straid Fishery, Brian Kerr, Maddy Kelly, Julie Gerry, Stephanie Troy, Jenny Casey and Susan Brown.

A big, big thank you to everyone for making it possible for us to raise £600 on the day.

Julie presenting Darren with a thank you gift.

1st Place Winner - Harry McAteer Jnr

Julie Gerry with Darren Wallace presenting Harry with his prize for taking 1st place he achieved with 10 fish. Congratulations Harry.

2nd Place Winner - Mel Campbell

Julie Gerry with Darren Wallace presenting Mel with his 2nd place prize he achieved with 9 fish. Congratulations Mel.

3rd Place Winner - Johnny Hoad

Julie Gerry with Darren Wallace presenting Johnny with his 3rd place prize he achieved with 7 fish. Congratulations Johnny.

Julie and Jenny with the great box of flies, she won in the ballot. - Congratulations Jenny. This beautiful box of flies were donated by Brian Kerr, thank you Brian.

Members of the ILFA who took part in the fund raising event at the Woodford Fishery.

From L to R. Brian Kerr, Coach, Irish Ladies Flyfishing Team 2012, Julie Gerry, Captain 2012 Team, George and Darren from Woodford presenting a cheque to the ILFA for the funds raised, and Susan Brown, Secretary ILFA